| Criteria | Levels of Achievement | Points Earned |
| Proficient | Competent | Novice | |
| Selection of Articles | 27 to 30 points At least 15 data-driven peer-reviewed article titles are present. All scholarly works are from peer-reviewed journals and contain major sections describing research method/design, participants, data collection, and findings/results. Each article is clearly related to a foundational topic of education.
| 24 to 26 points At least 12–15 data-driven peer-reviewed article titles are present. Most scholarly works are from peer-reviewed journals and contain major sections describing research method/design, participants, data collection, and findings/results. Each article is clearly related to a foundational topic of education.
| 0 to 23 points Fewer than 12 data-driven peer-reviewed article titles are present. Most scholarly works are not from peer-reviewed journals and/or fail to contain major sections describing research method/design, participants, data collection, and findings/results. Each article is not clearly related to a foundational topic of education.
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| Summary and Description of Research | 68 to 75 points A substantive summary is provided for each research article detailing its method/design, participants, data collection, findings, and a description of its relevance to the chosen topic. | 60 to 67 points A somewhat substantive summary is provided for each research article detailing its method/design, participants, data collection, findings, and a description of its relevance to the chosen topic. | 0 to 59 points Inadequate summaries are provided for each research article. Summaries are inadequate in that most fail to detail their methods/design, participants, data collection, findings, and descriptions of their relevance to the chosen topic.
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| Mechanics | 41 to 45 points Minimal spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are present. Current APA formatting standards are correctly used for each source. A title page, abstract of at least 100–120 words, and reference page are included and formatted correctly.
| 36 to 40 points Several spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are present. Current APA formatting standards are used mostly correctly for each source. A title page, abstract of at least 100 words, and reference page are included and formatted with few errors in current APA format.
| 0 to 35 points Many spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are present. Current APA formatting standards are used incorrectly for the majority of sources. The title page and/or reference page are missing and/or the abstract fails to meet the 100-word minimum. There also may be many errors in current APA format.
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| Total | 150 |
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